Brooklyn Nets Boast New Anthem Courtesy of Brooklynite John Forte [VIDEO]

Brooklyn Nets fans—and the entire borough—have a new anthem. Chants of “Broooo-klyn! Broooo-klyn!” can be heard loud and clear during Nets home games at the Barclays Center, just as composer John Forté imagined.

When the Nets organization wanted to establish a new song to serve as the team’s anthem, it asked Brooklyn native and Grammy-nominated musician John Forté, a friend and former classmate of Nets chairman Chris Charlier, to pen a tune that would have an attitude suited for a Brooklyn battle cry.

The resulting composition, “Brooklyn: Something to Lean On,” includes hip hop verses peppered with rally cries of the borough’s name.

I have the fondest memories of being a kid and no matter where I went, to whatever club, there was always that moment where the D.J. would ask if Brooklyn was in the house,” Forté, best known for his work with the Fugees, told the New York Times. “Invariably, Brooklyn is represented all around the world, and that was the chant that I heard when I was growing up.

The way that I approached it, I wanted this to be the kind of song where the players would listen to this on their iPods to get pumped up before the game. I didn’t just want this be some sort of cheesy tune. I wanted the blood to get moving. I also wanted it to be lasting.

Part of Forté’s song plays before every Nets’ home game, amidst the chaos that is better known as the player introductions. While video of players arriving at the arena plays overhead in the arena, the Brooklynette dance on the court and the team’s BrooklyKnight mascot rallies the crowd, Forté can be heard rapping, “Heads or tails we’ll get down ’til the best prevails.

It speaks to who we are in Brooklyn,” Petra Pope, the Nets senior vice president who commissioned the song from Forté and is extremely proud of the result. “We’re in one of the coolest boroughs, and it had this great vibe while still making you want to cheer and chant, so it encompassed everything we were looking for.